Published date: 10 December 2025

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 9 January 2025, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software integration consultancy services - 72227000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£18,500,000

Procurement reference

tender_439772/1538597

Published date

10 December 2025

Closing date

9 January 2025

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

13 November 2025

Contract end date

12 November 2029

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

This notice is for the award of the Crossing the Border Service integrator contract.

Crossing the Border (CtB) is the steady state services and products which controls the flow of people and services across the borders. This is done principally via the Primary Control Points, mediated by a Border Force officer, or via an e-gate indirectly supervised by an officer. Information from ports is processed by a central collection of systems, hosted in the cloud and on premise. These systems are built on top of a number of infrastructure platforms, leveraging a hybrid cloud model.

The central systems support 24 hours a day 365 days a year operations, requiring high degrees of resilience and availability. The existing applications run on diverse technological stacks and have been delivered over a 3-year programme and are expected to evolve over the next 5 years in line with government policy and operational need. The system is critical national infrastructure, incorporating official and secret data sets and related processes.

The Supplier will be responsible for transition and transformation leadership for CtB and the Digital, Data and Technology ("DDaT") directorate providing programme delivery, management, governance, and assurance across digital delivery in the CtB DDaT programme. This document sets out the requirements for a Supplier to deliver transition and transformation leadership services for a minimum of 4 years from the start of the Contract with a possible 1 year extension option under the CCS Technology Services 3 framework RM6100. It has been split into core requirements specific to the CtB DDaT outcomes within MBTP and general requirements which apply to all product families across DDaT. These materials are based upon stakeholder consultation, analysis of the current organisational position and the strategic direction of travel, all of which have informed the view of services required.


More information

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Award information

Awarded date

1 August 2025

Contract start date

13 November 2025

Contract end date

12 November 2029

Total value of contract

£18,500,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

KPMG LLP

Address

15 Canada Square London E14 5GL

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Home Office

Address

Home Office 2 Marsham Street London
London
SW1P 4DF
England

Email

crossingtheborder2024procurement@homeoffice.gov.uk